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BADMAN MAKES SEVENTH STRAIGHT APPEARANCE AT FERNDALE BLUES FESTIVAL

Playing three venues, Buffalo Wild Wings, Jan. 29, Rosie O’Grady’s, Jan. 30, Howe’s Bayou, Feb. 5

FERNDALE - The award-winning Luther Badman Keith Blues Band will perform at three locales for the Ninth Annual Ferndale Blues Festival, beginning Friday Jan. 29.

It is the seventh straight year the The Badman band has performed at the Ferndale Blues Festival, which runs through Feb. 6, and features scores of local bands playing blues, rock and other kinds of music at clubs and restaurants throughout the city.

“It’s always a treat and a great way to start the new year by playing one of our favorite events,” said Keith, who is putting the finishing touches on his third CD, which will be released later this year. “I look forward to seeing my longtime fans, as well as making some new ones.”
Keith will be at Buffalo Wild Wings on Friday, Jan. 29, beginning at 10 p.m., the new and improved Rosie O’Grady’s on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 8 p.m. to midnight and at Howe’s Bayou on Friday, Feb. 5, beginning at 9:30 p..m.

Keith, a Detroit Music Award winning blues songwriter, will be performing songs from his forthcoming new CD which is a mixture of blues, funk, soul and rock n’ roll.
“High energy and fun, that’s what we are about,” Keith said. “You play the blues to lose the blues.”

In addition to Keith on guitar and vocals, the band will feature Jim David on keyboards, Mark Croft on trumpet, Billy Furman on saxophone, Paul Baker on bass and Milton Heavyfoot Austin on drums.

Other upcoming shows for Keith are Jan. 22 at MGM Grand Casino’s Intice Lounge in downtown Detroit beginning at 9 p.m.

AWARDS FOR THE LUTHER BADMAN KEITH BLUES BAND

2007
Detroit Music Awards
Outstanding Blues and R&B Songwriter

Detroit Music Awards Nominee; 2004, 2005, 2007

Outstanding Blues Band
Outstanding Blues CD: Thunder In My Blues
Outstanding Blues/R&B Songwriter

2006
Semifinalist: International Blues Challenge, Memphis, Tenn.

2005
Winner Detroit Blues Challenge
Hot Blues and Barbeque Challenge, Oxford, Michigan.